Should the State Install High-Speed Tolls on I-93?
Asked about toll fairness during a Patch live chat, Gov. Deval Patrick asked a reader whether he'd support high-speed tolls. Are these a good way to share the transportation funding pain, or another money grab?
Are high-speed tolls along Interstate 93 and other highways a smart way to help fund transportation in the state? Gov. Deval Patrick mentioned such a system during a Patch live chat on Thursday. If you've gone up Interstate 95 into New Hampshire, you've seen high-speed tolling in action. The system is designed to read your EZ-Pass (formerly Fast Lane) transponder while you breeze by at 65 mph. There's no need to slow down or squeeze though a booth, as EZ-Pass users currently do on the Mass. Pike, Tobin Bridge and harbor tunnels. The chat moved on to other topics, so no details about implementation were offered. What do you think? Would tolls along I-93 offer some fairness to riders in Boston, MetroWest and the North Shore, who all pay …
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James H Cavanaugh
4:20 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
No way, we won't pay! more ›